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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Witness to a Massacre
Barbara Turkeltaub, a Jewish girl who was hidden by Catholic nuns during the war, describes witnessing a Nazi massacre.
A Sinister Alliance: Soviet-German Relations 1939–1941
Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, details the relationship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the decade before World War II.
Art as Propaganda: The Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit
Jonathan Petropoulos discusses the importance of the German 1937 Degenerate Art exhibit.
Stolen Lives: The Charge of Genocide and the Residential Schools
Various scholars, indigenous and non-indigenous, discuss the charge of genocide regarding the Residential School system in Canada and its effects. This video is a part of the resource Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and The Indian Residential Schools.
Choosing Cruelty: The Psychology of Perpetrators
Social psychologist James Edward Waller describes the importance of studying perpetrator behavior.
Introduction to the Jewish Partisans
Former Jewish partisans discuss the goals, challenges, and personal motives of the Jews who resisted the Germans.
Elsbeth Lewin Remembers Kristallnacht
Holocaust survivor Elsbeth Lewin describes her and her family's experience of Kristallnacht in Mainz, Germany.
Colonialism and the Jews of North Africa
In this video, Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Professor Aomar Boum establish the important historical context of Colonialism for understanding wartime North Africa.
The Intersecting Histories of the Holocaust and Wartime North Africa
Professors Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Aomar Boum explore the intersecting histories of the Holocaust and wartime North Africa, highlighting the realities of legislation and action that impacted the region.
Everyone Has A Story - Arn Chorn-Pond
Arn Chorn-Pond tells his story as a refugee from the Cambodian Genocide.
Eyewitness to Buchenwald
Leon Bass, an African-American soldier, describes his experiences entering the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945.